The Beauty World's Feud Plays Out on Broadway

While Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon duke it out on TV as Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, respectively, in the hit FX drama Feud, Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole are bringing to life another historic tête-à-tête in the Broadway musical War Paint. The Tony-winning legends enact the storied rivalry between Helena Rubinstein (LuPone) and Elizabeth Arden (Ebersole), one that made both women boundary-pushing beauty moguls and renowned figures of female power. To salute that legacy, LuPone and Ebersole weigh in on some pressing questions—just in time for our May Beauty Issue.

ELLE: What hardships are women still dealing with that Helena and Elizabeth dealt with 60 years ago?

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